Category: MeXicO

Classroom on the Road (Pt. 2)

Classroom on the Road (Pt. 2)

We woke up to a beautiful day in the Sierra’s the next day and couldn’t wait to get going and see the marvelous Copper Canyon! This environment was like a dream for the kids! As long as they didn’t forget to avoid piles of cow manure in the grass, they could climb on rocks and […]
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Classroom on the Road (Pt. 1)

Classroom on the Road (Pt. 1)

A few weeks ago it suddenly occurred to us that the summer was almost over and we still hadn’t made our move to take the trip to Creel that we had planned to take at the begining of the summer. Where had the time gone? Soon Jude would be back in school and we would […]
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A Day at the Zoo

A Day at the Zoo

Our first visit to the zoo here in Mexico on a field trip with Jude’s kindergarten class, along with the 6th graders from his school!
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Into the Mountains

Into the Mountains

  I just got back the day before yesterday from a trip down south and up into the mountains of Chihuahua. This was my first visit since being here in Mexico to one of our works among one of Mexico’s least reached people groups. (We called these trips “bush trips” in PNG) A group of guys- Matt, Jordan, […]
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Drinking from the “Español” Fire Hose

Drinking from the “Español” Fire Hose

“Stem changers,” “cognates,” “infinitives,” “base verbs,” “dichos,” “conjugations” & “pure vowels?” Does hearing those words get your language learning energy flowing? Those terms along with countless others have become a part of our daily lives now that our brains have been thrust into the world of Spanish language study. Our daily language classes feel mostly […]
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Let’s Go Home

Let’s Go Home

For a long time (about a year) in the life of our family we have not been able to say we were going “home.” First it was, “We are going back to Grampa and Grammas house”, then it was “Time to go back to Uncle Russ & Aunt Debi’s house,” then there were assorted hotels […]
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The Upside of Change

The Upside of Change

We have now been in Mexico for just over a month. In some ways it feels like it has flown by and in others it feels like it has been a lifetime. This past month has been filled with the new adventures and challenges common to transitioning into life in another country. It has also […]
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